Background: c3orf75 is a conserved open reading frame within the human genome and has recently been identified as the Elongator subunit, ELP6 [1]. The Elongator enzyme complex has diverse roles, including translational control, neuronal development, cell migration and tumorigenicity [2].

Objective: To identify genes expressed early in human eosinophil development.

Methods: Eosinophilopoiesis was investigated by gene profiling of IL-5 stimulated CD34+ cells; ELP6 mRNA is upregulated. A monoclonal antibody was raised to the recombinant protein predicted by the open reading frame.

Results: ELP6 transcripts are upregulated in a human tissue culture model of eosinophil development during gene profiling experiments. Transcripts are expressed in most tissue types, as shown by reverse-transcriptase PCR. Western blot experiments show that human ELP6 is a 30 kDa protein expressed in the bone marrow, as well as in many other tissues. Flow cytometry experiments of human bone marrow mononuclear cells show that ELP6 is expressed intracellularly, in developing and mature human neutrophils, eosinophils and monocytes.

Conclusions: ELP6 is expressed intracellularly in developing and mature granulocytes and monocytes but not in lymphocytes and erythrocytes.

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